Juntendo University
Debris left in IHBD may be a cause of postoperative stone formation
Published in Telemedicine Business Week, April 28th, 2004
The "incidence, treatment, and implications of intrahepatic bile duct (IHBD) dilatation debris" was investigated in "42 patients with choledochal cyst treated over a recent 8-year period. Mean age at cyst excision was 6.9 years, and mean follow-up period was 5.4 years", wrote clinicians in Japan.
"Intraoperative endoscopy (IOE) was performed at the time of cyst excision using a pediatric cystoscope, which identified IHBD debris in 11/42 (26.2%), and massive debris in 4/42 (9.5%). In all cases, IHBD debris was successfully washed out with...
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